Environmental best practice and performance benchmarks among EMAS-certified organizations: An empirical study |
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| Institution: | 1. Faculty of Economics and Business, Department of Management, University of the Basque Country UPV-EHU, Plaza Oñati 1, 20018 San Sebastian, Spain;2. Faculté des sciences de l''administration, Département, de management Université Laval, Pavillon Palasis-Prince, 2325, rue de la Terrasse, Local 1638, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada;3. Faculty of Economics and Business, Department of Applied Economics I, University of the Basque Country UPV-EHU, Comandante Izarduy, 23, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Araba, Spain;1. Commodity Science Faculty, Department of Standardized Management Systems, Al. Niepodleglosci 10, 61-875 Poznan, Poznan University of Business and Economics, Poland;3. School of Business Gimli, 1st floor, Saemundargata, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland University of Iceland, Iceland |
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| Abstract: | Voluntary certifiable environmental management standards such as ISO 14001 and EMAS have been extensively adopted and disseminated worldwide, but the rigorous assessment of the real effectiveness of these tools is challenging. There is a need for more research focused on the concrete operational implications for certified organizations. The analysis of the best in class practices of certified organization has been overlooked. In order to fill this gap, this article assesses the use of environmental best practices and performance benchmarks among EMAS-registered organizations. For that purpose, 178 environmental statements assessed by independent third-party verifiers from the Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian hotel industry are analyzed. The findings show poor use of best practices and performance benchmarks among certified organizations. The idea that EMAS signals environmentally best in class or frontrunner behavior is open to question. Implications for policy makers, managers, and other stakeholders are discussed. |
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